On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:09 PM Aris Merchant via agora-discussion
<agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote:
>
> I'm working on a proposal to deal with hidden actions (such a G.'s burried
> vote). It'll also handle cases where the identity of the player sending a
> message is unclear. I'm done drafting the core, but I need to handle some
> technical and confirming amendments; I should have a proto out in the next
> day or two. Just letting everyone know so we avoid duplication of effort.
A proto follows. Comments are, as always, welcome.
-Aris
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Title: Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Aris
Co-authors: nch, G., Jason
Amend Rule 2202, "Ratification Without Objection", by deleting:
A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message.
Amend Rule 478, "Fora", by changing the portion of the Rule from
"A public message is a message" to the end to read as follows:
A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to
all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be
public. A document is part (possibly all) of a message. To "publish" or
"announce" something is to send a public message whose body contains that
thing. To do something "publicly" is to do that thing within a public
message.
Where the rules define an action that a person CAN perform "by
announcement", that person performs that action by specifying the
action and announcing that e performs it, all unambiguously, clearly,
and without concealment.
A notice is a document specifying conspicuously and without obfuscation
all information which the rules require that type of notice to contain
to be valid. A notice must be public, unless otherwise specified by the
enabling rule. If someone accomplishes an action by sending
a notice, e accomplishes that action "by notice".
Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time
date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including their contained
documents) are performed in the order they appear in the message, unless
otherwise specified. If an action in a message is being taken by someone
who has been a player within the last month, it must be clear, either
from the message itself or from context, which person is performing the
action; if it is not, the action is canceled.
Retitle Rule 2518 from "Determinacy" to "Safeguards".
Amend Rule 2518, "Safeguards", by changing it to read in full:
1. If something can be understood with reasonable effort, it is clear,
otherwise it is unclear.
2. If something has multiple reasonable interpretations, it is ambiguous,
otherwise it is unambiguous.
3. If something has been hidden in such a way that a reasonable player
would have difficultly locating it, it is concealed, otherwise it is
unconcealed.
4. If something stands out so as to be visible with little effort, it is
conspicuous, otherwise it is inconspicuous.
5. If something has been rendered hard to understand at a glance,
it is obfuscated, otherwise it is unobfuscated.
6. If a value CANNOT be reasonably determined (without circularity or
paradox) from information reasonably available, or if it
alternates indefinitely between values, then the value is
considered to be indeterminate, otherwise it is determinate.
Amend Rule 208, "Resolving Agoran Decisions", by replacing:
The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve
it by announcement, indicating the outcome. If it was required to
be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion after
the end of the voting period. To be valid, this announcement must
satisfy the following conditions:
1. It is published after the voting period has ended.
2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.
3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters).
For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is
someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid
when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or
otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period.
4. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if there
was more than one valid option, provides a tally of the voters'
valid ballots.
with:
The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve
it by notice. If it was required to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve
it in a timely fashion after the end of the voting period. To be valid,
this notice must satisfy the following conditions:
1. It is published after the voting period has ended.
2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.
3. It specifies the number of voters (or a list of the voters).
For these purposes and for determining quorum, a "voter" is
someone who submitted a ballot on the decision that was valid
when it was submitted and also valid (i.e. not withdrawn or
otherwise invalidated) at the end of the voting period.
4. If there was more than one valid option, it provides a tally of the
voters' valid ballots.
5. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and indicates that
it resolves the decision as having that outcome.
Amend Rule 2510, "Such is Karma", by replacing:
A player CAN publish a Notice of Honour. For a Notice of Honour
to be valid, it must:
with:
A Notice of Honour is a type of notice, which any player CAN publish. To
be valid, it must:
